Katrina and the Railroads

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Wed Oct 26 12:00:12 EDT 2005


Wow! Some pictures. We in the northeast feel for you in the south. But I
quess you have to be there. God bless all those volunteers.

Tom Anson




"nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> said:


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> However, the bridge decks of NS's Ponchatrain bridge were not

> (badly?) damaged, so all they had to do was reballast the deck and

> hoist the track back on. CSX has a lot more work to do on those

> bridges!

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> pete groom

> On Oct 24, 2005, at 6:11 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

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> Gordon, et. al.

> Here are some photos I took while in MS helping out w/ the medical

> effort. It's the CSX main line through Waveland, which is 48 miles

> east of New Orleans. The bridge over St. Louis Bay...betw. Waveland

> and Gulfport...and the bridge over Biloxi Bay...east of Biloxi...were

> both destroyed in similar fashion to the NS bridge you

> mention...track washed completely off piers by the storm surge.

> Also, the main line through Waveland has washed out in a number of

> places, and several of these pics show houses washed right onto the

> tracks. I threw in two shots of the pirate ship casino in Biloxi

> just for comparison.

> Bucky Wilson

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> -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">However, the bridge decks of =

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> size=3D"2">Gordon, et. al.<BR> Here are some photos I took while in MS =

> helping out w/ the medical effort.=A0 It's the CSX main line through =

> Waveland, which is 48 miles east of New Orleans.=A0 The bridge over St. =

> Louis Bay...betw. Waveland and Gulfport...and the bridge over Biloxi =

> Bay...east of Biloxi...were both destroyed in similar fashion to the NS =

> bridge you mention...track washed completely off piers by the storm =

> surge.=A0 Also, the main line through Waveland has washed out in a =

> number of places, and several of these pics show houses washed right =

> onto the tracks.=A0 I threw in two shots of the pirate ship casino in =

> Biloxi just for comparison.<BR> Bucky Wilson<BR><BR> <A =

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